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Every human settlement is a political settlement, too. A developed, secure, and peaceful human settlement does not only emanate from physical structures but is a result of social consensus and negotiation between and amongst people. Yet, Marawi…
It is with a heavy but full heart that I bid farewell to the Philippines, my home for the last four years. As I think back to my November 2016 swearing-in, I recall vividly the immense pride…
The delay in the rebuilding of war-torn Marawi City has partly caused a slight increase in poverty in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the lone region where poverty incidence rose although the nationwide rate dropped…
CEBU CITY, Philippines — Today marks the start of a fresh term for elected officials in the government. And for Cebu Capitol, an inaugural ceremony of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia attended by allies and non-allies kicked off their…
CEBU CITY, Philippines – It has been nearly two years already since the Maute Group staged a major attack on major institutions in Marawi City and left the once-beautiful Islamic city in ruins. The five-month siege has…
At least 35 security guards and seven Koreans were charged with grave threats, grave coercion, slight illegal detention and obstruction of justice at the Lapu-Lapu City Prosecutor’s Office on Monday for forcibly taking over Mactan Isla Resort…
Palace calls for unity towards rebuilding Marawi City Malacañang on Monday called on Filipinos to unite as the government starts the “challenging task” of rebuilding Marawi City, which had been under siege for exactly five months. Presidential…
MARAWI CITY – Just one two-storey building to clear out and it’s all over. Col. Romeo Brawner Jr., deputy commander of Joint Task Group Ranao, said on Sunday that the troops would “do everything to finish the…
CEBUANOS are encouraged to buy “Support Our Troops” T-shirts sold by the AFP Central Command (AFP Centcom) to help raise funds for the hundreds of families displaced by the fighting in Marawi City. These black T-shirts with…
FREYA Vida together with her family woke up at 5 a.m. yesterday to pray and commemorate Eid’l Fitr or the end of Ramadan at Plaza Independencia in Cebu City. Before the start of their prayer, Vida then…
It is both tragic and instructional that the deaths of several soldiers due to “friendly fire” or air strikes in Marawi City should cause so much public outrage that calls for the military to end it would…
AIR STRIKES After Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana announced that at least 11 soldiers were killed and seven others injured in an air strike aimed at the Maute terrorists in Marawi City, netizens were quick in offering their…
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